Tire-inflating device.



s. T. s uns. TIRE INFLATING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED NOV- l 1 916.

1,251,329. mm Jan. 1,1918.

SHEKMHNTSHULTS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHERMAN '1. SHULTS, OF MGCAMMON, IDAHO.

TIRE-INFLATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1,,1918.

Application filed November 1, 1916. Serial No. 128,953,

' To all whom may concern:

- particularly to an improved operating gearmg for a tire inflating pump, the invention having for its primary object to provide simple and effective means for operatively connectin the actuating gearing for the pump wit an operating gear driven from the vehicle engine.

It is another and more particular object of the invention to provide a fixed plate or support uponwh'ich the pump is mounted,

an arm longitudinally adjustable upon said support, an actuating gear rotatably mount-- ed upon the' arm and operatively connected to the pump piston, and manually operable means mounted upon the support and coacting with the arm to operatively engage the gear carried thereby with the driven ear.

It is still another general object of the invention to improve and simplify the constructionof devices of the above character, whereby the same-may be operated with great facility and convenience to quickly pump up the tires of a vehicle to the desired pressure.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention'consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the preferred mounting and arrangement of my improved actuating means for thetire F 1g. 2 1s a sectlon taken on the l1ne 2--2 of Fig. 1;

\ Fi 3 is a similar view showing the adjusta le arm in its lowered posltlon upon the support;

1 ignates the plate or support which is suitably mounted in the supporting frame of the vehicle, and upon the lower end of this support and in parallel relation thereto, the pump cylinder, indicated at 6, is arranged; This pump cylinder may be mounted upon the frame or supporting plate in the man ner disclosed in a co-pending application filed October 18, 1916, Serial Number 126,354,

so that said cylinder can be readily removed for the purpose of repairing the pump valve. For the purposes of the present explanation, it will suffice to state that the pump cylinder 6 is provided in its base with an air escape port or outlet 7, and a valved air inlet port 8 and a port Eifor the con nection of a flexible inflating tube therewith, The escape port 7 15 preferably equipped with a spring-held valve normally closing the same, and suitable adjusting means for the spr1ng,-' whereby the air pressure within the vehicle tires may be regulat-ed as desired. The usual piston is arranged to reciprocate within the cylinder 6 and the piston rod, indicated at 10, extends through the top of the cylinder and in parallel. relation to the support 5. Spaced guides 11 are adjustably mounted in the support, through which the piston rod 10 is loosely disposed.

Upon one end of the supporting bar or plate 5 which is somewhat reduced in width,

as at 12, to provide shoulders 13 on the opposite edges of said bar, a channeled plate 14 is longitudinally movable. A laterally projecting arm 15 is integrally formed with this plate, and in the end thereof a stud or gudgeon 16 is rigidly fixed. Upon this gudgeon, the gear 17 is rotatably mounted and held against longitudinal shifting movement by a cap nut 18 or any other suitable means. 19 designates a wrist pin fixed in the gear 17 to which one end of a pitman 20 is loosely connected. The other end of this pitman is loosely engaged upona bolt 21 engaged between the spaced arms of a yoke member 22 which is securely clamped upon the piston rod 10. The gear 17 is adapted to cooperatively engage with a driving gear or pinion 23 secured upon a shaft .24 which is suitably geared to the motor of the vehicle.

' Upon one side'of the supporting bar 5 adjacent to its reduced end, a camimembcr 25 is pivotally mounted upon a stud bolt 26 fixed in the support; This cam element is (led with a lever 27, by means of which 'j;1t'-*1nay beconveniently actuated. To the projectinfieiid of the bolt 26, one end of a coil spring 28 is attached, the other end of aid springheing secured to a pin 29 fixed 111 the sliding plate 14-. In one end of-the supporting bar 5, a bolt 30 is threaded and acts as a stop to limit the movement of said slide plate 14 in one direction. It will be understood that normally, the other end-of this plate rests upon the shoulders 13.

In the operation of the device,'the air hose or tube connected to the port 9 is attached in the usual manner to the inflating valve of one of the wheel tires, and the operator then vshifts the lever 27 from the dotted-line posi- 'tion see-n in Fig. 3 to the full-line position 80 that the cam 25 co-acting with the lower edge of the-plate l4 forces said plate longitudinall upon the supporting bar 5 and moves t 6 gear wheel 17 into operative en gagement with. the positively drivin gear I 23. It is understoochof course, that the tires are inflated by means of my improved Inechanism only Whenthe vehicle is stationary.

In the operation of the vehicle engine, the

clutch being in neutral position, the pump piston is positively reciprocated through the medium of the pitman connection 20 to the :80 g'ear wheel 17 and air is alternately drawn into and expelled from the cylinder 6. In each expulsion of the air, it is conducted through the tube or hose to the inflatable pressure in tube of the tire, and when the the tire reaches a predetermined point, the

' air'will escape through the port 7. The air conductinghose-or tube mayjbe successively tothe tires of the several wheels and all 'of s'aid tires quickly pumped up to L assure in them-anner above die a, p. in" n Y the tires, he 1 27 1. lipti late d sfii ftgthe cam, 25 and r it the plate '15'to' move upon-the sup pc g har 'fifthereby disengaging the gear .45 whee fromthe driving gear 23 and stop ping the operation of the pump. 1 From the fore oing description, taken in v connection with t e accompanying drawing, the construction,

' and quickly effecting anoperative connection between the tire inflating pump and the vehicle engme. The pump and operating J gearing may be readilymounted upon the driving element.

, tion,

manner of operation andjbo several advantages of the invention will be --'t'he movement of the ordinary motor vehicle without any material alterations therein. It is manifest, of course, that the so porting bar 5 may be secured in position 'y any desired means and this plate may also be of various other forms than that illustrated in the drawing. The several 'coiiperating elements of the mechanism are also susceptible of considerable n'rodiiicutioo and I, therefore, reser\' e the privilege of adopting all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied within the. spirit and scope of the in- 7-0 vention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. The cmnhination with a supportand I an air pump mounted thereon, of a member longitudinally slidable .on the support, a driven element rotatably monntedupon said membennieans operatively connecting said element to the pump piston, a driving ele- 8O ment, a spring connected to the slide menr her and urging the some in one direction upon the support to normally hold the driven element out of operative engagement with the driving ele nent, and manually s5 operahls means mounted upon the support to co-act with shift-able member and move the some against the action of the spring to engage the driven element With the 2, The combination with a support and an airpump mounted thereon, of a memler longitudinally slidshie upon the so 3011;, said support 1' op shoulders limiting the movement of f member in. one dircedriven el neat rotatably mounted upon ncmlrier, means to operativeiy connect some element to the pump piston, means'yieldingly urging the slide member into engagement with the stop shoulders and normaliy holdingthe driven element out of operative engagement with the drii-ing element, ,amanually operable cam. mounted upon the support and adapted to enact with said siidabie mez'nher to sh ft the some and .105 operatively engage the driven element with the driving element, 'andmeans fried to the support with which the cam' co acts to limit.

latter and retain the same in its effective position.

' In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SHERMAN T. SHULTS Witnesses FHA N ens (.RosHl-m', H; MQCAMELL. 

